DICT.TW Dictionary Taiwan
3.145.102.18

Search for:
[Show options]
[Pronunciation] [Help] [Database Info] [Server Info]

5 definitions found

From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 Newtonian
 (a.)牛頓的,牛頓學說的信仰牛頓學說的人

From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Medical Dictionary 英漢醫學字典

 New·to·ni·an /n(j)uˈtonɪən/ 形容詞

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 New·to·ni·an a. Of or pertaining to Sir Isaac Newton, or his discoveries.
 Newtonian philosophy, the philosophy of Sir Isaac Newton; -- applied to the doctrine of the universe as expounded in Newton's “Principia,” to the modern or experimental philosophy (as opposed to the theories of Descartes and others), and, most frequently, to the mathematical theory of universal gravitation.
 Newtonian telescope Astron., a reflecting telescope, in which rays from the large speculum are received by a plane mirror placed diagonally in the axis, and near the open end of the tube, and thrown at right angles toward one side of the tube, where the image is formed and viewed through the eyeplace.
 Newtonian theory of light. See Note under Light.

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 New·to·ni·an, n. A follower of Newton.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 Newtonian
      adj : of or relating to or inspired by Sir Isaac Newton or his
            science; "Newtonian physics"
      n : a follower of Isaac Newton